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Title

Mussolini's concentration camps for civilians : an insight into the nature of fascist racism / Luigi Reale.

Author

Reale, Luigi, 1967-

Publication

London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2011.

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Description

194 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book fundamentally challenges how Italians remember life in Italy during the time of Mussolini and the Fascist years. It examines what Italians know of these Fascist concentration camps, which were set up all over Italy between 1940 and 1943, directly influenced by Mussolini's race laws of 1938. The book discusses in detail the Fascist race laws, comparing them with those of the Nazi regime. It studies the complex structure of internment created in Italy, in order to provide evidence that Fascist racism and Nazi racism evolved as two distinct but parallel movements that, while they shared many characteristics, were not the same. Using original documents from local archives, the book's detailed and comprehensive reconstruction of the camps - where they were located, why they were there, what they looked like, who was sent there, and how the internees lived or died - provides a unique insight into Fascist racism and how Italy, at the time, chose to deal with people who were neither Christian nor Italian"--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Italy
• Concentration camps > Italy > History > 20th century
• Concentration camp inmates > Italy > Social conditions > Sources
• Racism > Political aspects > History > Italy > 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 > Italy
• Italy > Politics and government > 1922-1945

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography (p. [161]-186) and index.

Contents

Fascism : its characteristics, racism and similarities to Nazism -- The racist laws and anti-semitism -- Political confinement and concentration camps for civil internees -- Different concentration camp models in Italy before and after 1943 -- Some important organizations and their attitudes towards the camps.

Call Number

JFE 12-3777

ISBN

• 9780853038849
• 0853038848

LCCN

2011456126

OCLC

707230493

Author

Reale, Luigi, 1967-

Title

Mussolini's concentration camps for civilians : an insight into the nature of fascist racism / Luigi Reale.

Imprint

London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliography (p. [161]-186) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 12-3777